Winner of the National Book Award
A New York Times Bestseller
“The queer romance we’ve been waiting for.”—Ms. Magazine
Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can’t remember exactly when the feeling
took root—that desire to look, to move closer, to touch. Whenever
it started growing, it definitely bloomed the moment she and Kathleen
Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called
the Telegraph Club. Suddenly everything seemed possible.
But America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in
love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens
everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation
looming over her father—despite his hard-won citizenship—Lily and
Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day.
